Released: November 14, 1997
Featuring: Kevin Cahoon Stanley Wayne Mathis Tracy Nicole Chapman
Songwriter: Tim Rice Elton John
Producer: Walt Disney Records
[BANZAI]
He called us slobbering!
[SHENZI]
Said we were mangy!
[BANZAI]
Did I hear stupid?
[ED, spoken]
Huh?
[BANZAI & SHENZI]
Tell us again, gee
It's so incredible
[SHENZI]
That you're so rude
[BANZAI]
When you're so edible
[BANZAI & SHENZI]
When you are food!
[BANZAI, spoken]
It's time to chow down
[BANZAI & SHENZI, spoken]
Chow down!
(sung)
Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-chow down
[SHENZI]
I'm chompin' at the bit, baby
[BANZAI]
My stomach's on the growl, son
[BANZAI & SHENZI]
Chow down!
Chow down!
You've both been invited on a date
Two courses handed to us on a plate
We'll have you raw, won't be long to wait
[BANZAI & ED & SHENZI]
Seeing you're already toasty brown
Chow down!
Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-chow down!
[BANZAI]
Your ribs are looking so tasty
[SHENZI]
Such chewy little chops, chums
[BANZAI & SHENZI]
Eat up!
[SHENZI]
Now wasn't it her mom who ate your dad?
[BANZAI & SHENZI]
And having parents eaten makes us mad
[BANZAI]
We're gonna settle up the score a tad
[BANZAI & SHENZI]
We've never had a snack of such renown
Chow down!
Chow down!
[ED]
Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh
[SHENZI, spoken]
What, Ed? What is it?
[BANZAI, spoken]
Hey, did we order this dinner to go?
[SHENZI, spoken]
No...
[BANZAI, spoken]
Well, there it goes!
[BANZAI & SHENZI]
I think we should begin the meal from scratch
So many juicy segments to detach
Be good as gold, for you're as good as carved
[SHENZI, spoken]
Here, kitty kitty
[BANZAI & SHENZI, spoken]
We're starved!
He called us slobbering!
[SHENZI]
Said we were mangy!
[BANZAI]
Did I hear stupid?
[ED, spoken]
Huh?
[BANZAI & SHENZI]
Tell us again, gee
It's so incredible
[SHENZI]
That you're so rude
[BANZAI]
When you're so edible
[BANZAI & SHENZI]
When you are food!
[BANZAI, spoken]
It's time to chow down
[BANZAI & SHENZI, spoken]
Chow down!
(sung)
Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-chow down
[SHENZI]
I'm chompin' at the bit, baby
[BANZAI]
My stomach's on the growl, son
[BANZAI & SHENZI]
Chow down!
Chow down!
You've both been invited on a date
Two courses handed to us on a plate
We'll have you raw, won't be long to wait
[BANZAI & ED & SHENZI]
Seeing you're already toasty brown
Chow down!
Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-chow down!
[BANZAI]
Your ribs are looking so tasty
[SHENZI]
Such chewy little chops, chums
[BANZAI & SHENZI]
Eat up!
[SHENZI]
Now wasn't it her mom who ate your dad?
[BANZAI & SHENZI]
And having parents eaten makes us mad
[BANZAI]
We're gonna settle up the score a tad
[BANZAI & SHENZI]
We've never had a snack of such renown
Chow down!
Chow down!
[ED]
Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh
[SHENZI, spoken]
What, Ed? What is it?
[BANZAI, spoken]
Hey, did we order this dinner to go?
[SHENZI, spoken]
No...
[BANZAI, spoken]
Well, there it goes!
[BANZAI & SHENZI]
I think we should begin the meal from scratch
So many juicy segments to detach
Be good as gold, for you're as good as carved
[SHENZI, spoken]
Here, kitty kitty
[BANZAI & SHENZI, spoken]
We're starved!
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